Jim Creighton: Quant in the 90s and the AI reinvention

I chat with Jim, the former CIO of Barclays Global Investors on the history of quantitative investment, the myths of factor investing, and how machine learning can help solve difficult problems in financial markets. We touch on the future of AI and its use in the broader society – where are the opportunities and where are the potential threats?

Nothing on this podcast is to be considered investment advice or a recommendation. No investment decision or activity should be undertaken without first seeking qualified and professional advice

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Future Fund goes defensive

Australia’s sovereign wealth fund, the Future Fund, has lost more than $2 billion in the September quarter, as global share markets tumbled – despite reducing its equity exposure and moving more into defensive assets, such as cash.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

China a mystery going at breakneck speed

It’s not until you’re on the ground that the basic growth story in China is really obvious. When Guy Russo, now head of Kmart in Australia, was the head of McDonald’s in China, they called it “opening a store every four hours”.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

Global union leader challenges funds to see big picture

As the G20 meeting looms, Sharan Burrow, general secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), told delegates at the Fiduciary Investors Symposium to stop acting as if fiduciary management existed in a bubble. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

Conventional indexes still popular

A new EDHEC-Risk Institute survey of 104 European institutional investment professionals analyses the current uses and views on equity and fixed-income indexes.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

Radical overhaul for $120bn New York pension funds

New York will radically overhaul its pension system, consolidating the investment strategies for its five pension funds and reforming the governance structures of the funds.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

OMERS a step closer to bringing it all in-house

OMERS continues its drive to bring more of its investment management in-house, recently announcing a major expansion of its investment operations with the launch of a New York investment office.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

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